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Internet Resources for Healthcare Professionals
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The following web sites should be of interest to healthcare professionals involved in breast disease, breast cancer diagnosis, breast cancer treatment, and breast health management. Please let us know of any web sites that you find of use that should be added to the listing below, or of any incorrect web links.
Research
Business Briefing: Women's Healthcare. The American Society of Breast Disease has joined the advisory board of Touch Briefings' new publication on women's healthcare in North America, which will provide leading hospital and specialist care physicians with comprehensive information on innovations and developments in a broad array of areas focused on women's health.
International Breast Health Care: Guidelines for Screening, Diagnosis and Breast Cancer Treatment for Countries with Limited Resources: Begun in 2002, the Breast Health Global Initiative (BHGI) quickly evolved into a vigorous international collaboration of long-term alliances between foremost organizations and leaders in the field of breast cancer worldwide.
The Cancer Clinical Services - Quality Assurance Project (QAP) is a collaboration between The San Diego State University Graduate School of Public Health and The State of California, Department of Health Services, Cancer Detection Section. The site features Breast Diagnostic Algorithms for Primary Care Physicians and A Women's Guide to Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, in 6 languages.
Cancer Prevention is a newly created site that has two sections, one for healthcare professionals and one for consumers. The site includes information on various forms of cancer in addition to breast cancer.
PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
The Bookshelf is a growing collection of biomedical books that can be searched directly by entering a concept and searching. Books are also linked to terms in PubMed abstracts: when viewing an abstract.
The National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations closed its doors in May 2004 after nearly 18 years in operation. The ASBD congratulates Amy Langer and the NABCO organization for its contributions to improving information about breast cancer.
The American Cancer Society has pages of information for healthcare professionals.
National Cancer Institute official website. It is also frequently listed as cancer.gov.
National Institutes of Health Consensus Statements are listed here.
Medline Plus Health Information is a service of the National Library of Medicine gleaning information from multiple sources daily.
Women’s Health Initiative provides historic and the most current information on WHI data on women and breast cancer.
Quality Medical Publishing offers publications of interest to breast cancer specialists.
Funding Sources
The Komen Foundation runs one of the most innovative, responsive grant programs in breast cancer today, with a focus on research projects with potential for high impact that may not be considered by other agencies. Each year, the Komen Foundation awards project grants and fellowships in basic, clinical and translational research. In addition to research on a national and international level, Komen Affiliates fund non-duplicative, community-based breast health education and breast cancer screening and treatment projects for the medically underserved.
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation funds clinical and genetic research into the causes and treatment of breast cancer.
Professional Societies
American College of Radiology
American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
American Society of Breast Surgeons
The American Society of Clinical Oncology provides useful information for oncology professionals and for people living with cancer.
Australasian Society of Breast Disease serves the breast healthcare community in Australia, New Zealand, and other area nations through its interdisciplinary meetings and education programs.
College of American Pathologists
National Consortium of Breast Centers
Oncology Nursing Society
Society for Integrative Oncology
Society of Breast Imaging
Society of Surgical Oncology
Conferences
Mediconference offers a comprehensive listing of medical conferences worldwide.
Media coverage
WebMD is a for-profit online medical resource. These pages focus on breast cancer and provide information for the general public.
Medscape (a division of WebMD), provides information for the healthcare professional.
The Kaiser Network is a service of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Visit its Healthcast service for video coverage of congressional hearings and other media events.
Healthology is a for-profit service that provides frequently updated interactive features on breast cancer. Use their pull-down menu to go directly to their breast cancer pages.
Hurricane Katrina Information
The National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service (CIS) has a toll-free number for U.S. residents as an additional contact point for oncologists and cancer patients. Call 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237). CIS information specialists answer calls Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. local time, in English or Spanish. Callers with TTY equipment may call 1-800-332-8615.
For patients on NCI-sponsored clinical trials - and doctors who are asked to treat cancer patients who have been on an NCI-sponsored trial - NCI has established a phone number to call, 301-496-5725. This line will be answered from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. After hours and on weekends, callers can leave a message and an NCI employee will respond within an hour.
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